DOHA, March 19. /TASS/. Yemen’s radical Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement said its members delivered another strike on US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea, the fourth in the past 72 hours, the representative of the Houthi armed forces, Yahya Saria, wrote on Telegram.
In his words, the attack involved "several cruise missiles and drones" and came in response to a recent US air strike on Houthi sites in Yemen.
"After we resumed our operations, aimed at supporting the oppressed people of Palestine, [Houthi] armed forces detected the military activity of the adversary, plotting a large-scale aerial raid against our country. In response, our missile forces, naval forces and drone units carried out a joint operation involving several cruise missiles and drones, which targeted the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea <…>, foiling the enemy’s plans and preventing aggression," Saria said. "All objectives have been successfully achieved."
"It was the fourth strike on the US aircraft carrier over the past 72 hours," he added.
Following the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Ansar Allah movement said that it would strike Israeli territory and prevent ships associated with Israel from passing through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait until the operation in the Palestinian enclave was halted. The Houthis have attracted dozens of civilian ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November 2023.
On March 15, the US started to carry out massive strikes on Houthi facilities in Yemen based on an order from Trump. The US Central Command said that the goal was to defend American interests and restore freedom of navigation. According to the latest data from the Houthi health ministry, the US strikes on Yemen have killed 53 people and left at least 98 wounded.